toaille
Old French
/tuˈ(w)a.ʎə/
noun
Definitions
- towel cloth used for washing or drying
Etymology
Inherited from Latin toallia derived from Frankish *þwahilu (cloth).
Origin
Frankish
*þwahilu
Gloss
cloth
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
布
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- towel English
- toallia Latin
- tovagliola Italian
- touaille French
- toalla Spanish, Castilian
- *þwahaną Proto-Germanic
- towayle Middle English
- towel Middle English
- toalla Galician
- dwahila Old High German
- *þwahilu gmw-pro
- *thwāla Old Dutch
- toalla Old Portuguese
- toballa Asturian
- *thwahila Frankish
- *thwahillja, *þwahilu Frankish
- *þwahilu Frankish
- toalha Old Occitan
- tuáille Middle Irish